title: Acute abdominal pain due to biliary cystadenoma.
abstract: We present a case of a biliary cystadenoma, a rare benign cystic tumor arising in most cases of the intrahepatic bile ducts. A 30-year old woman presented with abdominal pain in the right upper quadrant for about 10 days with increasing severity. Radiological evaluation by means of abdominal ultrasound and CT-scan revealed a multilocular cystic lesion in the right liver lobe, not present on abdominal ultrasound performed 10 years before. The diagnosis of a biliary cystadenoma was proposed and complete surgical resection of the mass was performed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium. katrien.vandenbergh@uzleuven.be
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Van den Bergh
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Op de Beeck
mesh_terms: D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D001650:Bile Duct Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D003537:Cystadenoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography